Deborah Read (February 14, 1708 - December 24, 1774) was the spouse of Benjamin Franklin, a prominent inventor, printer, thinker, and revolutionary. Franklin proposed to fifteen-year-old Read in 1724, but her mother would not consent to the marriage, citing Franklin's frequent trips to England and financial instability. While Franklin was away in search of a printing press in the Mother Country, Read married John Rogers, who fled to Barbados in 1725 to avoid debt. Wikipedia
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...Deborah Read Rogers (1708 - 1774) Her first husband, John Rogers, deserted her in 1725. In 1727, she heard of Rogers' death and began dating her former ... fi.edu/franklin/family/deborah.html
